WASHINGTON, May 4 — United States President Donald Trump said he will extend the June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the US assets of TikTok, a short video app used by 170 million Americans, if no deal is reached by then.

BENGALURU, April 28 — Chinese social media platform TikTok will enter the online shopping industry in Japan within the next few months, the Nikkei newspaper reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON, April 18 — US President Donald Trump yesterday signalled a potential end to the tit-for-tat tariff hikes between the US and China that shocked markets, and that a deal over the fate of social media platform TikTok may have to wait.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — TikTok Shop, a trusted e-commerce platform in Malaysia, has partnered with the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) to raise awareness about safe online shopping through the #ShopSafe initiative.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has opened four investigation papers against two individuals who allegedly uploaded false and extremely offensive content with 3R elements (race, religion and royalty) on Facebook and TikTok.

WASHINGTON, April 4 — President Donald Trump said today he would consider a deal for TikTok where China agrees to approve the sale of the short video app owned by Byte Dance in exchange for relief from US tariffs on Chinese imports.

WASHINGTON, March 27 — United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs on China to get a deal done with TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the short video app used by 170 million Americans.

SHAH ALAM, March 26 — The police are investigating an incident involving a worker at a drinks and ice cream shop who was allegedly threatened and verbally abused by a customer at a shopping mall yesterday.

By Media Selangor Team SHAH ALAM, March 26 — The Malaysia Top E-Commerce Merchant (Top ECM) Livestream Battle, organised by the Selangor Information Technology and Digital Economy Corporation (Sidec) in collaboration with TikTok Shop Malaysia, successfully generated RM2 million in gross...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, March 10 — US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration was in touch with four different groups about the sale of Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, and that all options were good.

LOS ANGELES, Mar 4 — Britain’s privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office, yesterday launched an investigation into how TikTok, Reddit and online image sharing website Imgur safeguard children’s privacy.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is in contact with TikTok to obtain clarification on 18 local media organisations which were recently blocked, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

REUTERS, Feb 14 — TikTok returned to the US app stores of Apple and Google on Thursday, as President Donald Trump delayed its ban until April 5 and assured the companies they would not be fined for distributing or maintaining the Chinese app.

REUTERS, Jan 28 — US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app.

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 — TikTok began restoring its services on Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump said he would revive the app's access in the US when he returns to power on Monday.

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 — President-elect Donald Trump would not rule out continued Chinese ownership of TikTok if steps were taken to ensure American users’ data is protected and stored in the United States, incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz told CNN today.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 19 — American search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid yesterday to TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to merge with TikTok US, a source familiar with the company’s plans told Reuters.

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 — United States president-elect Donald Trump yesterday said he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban after he takes office tomorrow, as the app with 170 million American users buzzed with nervous anticipation ahead of a shutdown set for today.

WASHINGTON, Jan 18 — TikTok warned that it will go dark in the United States (US) on Sunday unless President Joe Biden's administration provides assurances to companies like Apple and Google that it will not face enforcement actions when a ban takes effect.

NEW YORK, Jan 17 — Chinese social media app RedNote, known in China as Xiaohongshu, gained nearly three million US users in one day earlier this week as a flood of self-proclaimed ‘TikTok Refugees’ joined, according to new data from analytics firm Similarweb.